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Love the diplomatic shade of RU being the only member of the category "Other European Countries" in the EU country code glossary. Not even BY is an "Other European Country"
Mike McHargueI don't know who needs to hear this, but the term "woke" didn't start with kids on Twitter.
The was first recorded by Lead Belly in the 1930s in a song called "The Scottsboro Boys," about the dangers Black Americans faced traveling through states in the Deep South. The original line was "best stay woke," as in, "remain aware of the dangers of racism."
Black communities shortened the term to "stay woke," over time, and eventually added "woke" as a state of being--or constant awareness.
Charlie StrossGiven the way the gender coding of pink vs. blue got inverted between 1820 and 1920, a regency era time traveller visiting 2023 would be struck by how aggressively masculine Barbie World is.
Martijn BAARDA
Robert McNeesIf anyone is wondering how google is doing, it is giving incorrect answers to the query “How old is the Universe?”
Instead of serving up scientific consensus (just shy of 14 billion years) it is latching onto recent media coverage of a questionable study (tired light, time-dependent coupling constants) claiming a much larger figure.
Notably, it gives me the right answer from an incognito window. But elevating popularity metrics over scientific consensus is a real problem!
Optimum mixed economy is nationalizing social media platforms when they hit critical mass before the billionaires destroy them.
KatTwitter: I follow news and political giants, but all I see are bad people and arguments
Bluesky: I follow 10% of my old friends who were able to get out of twitter in time and sometimes it works
Threads: I follow my friends but I can’t see them through the algorithm of businesses
Mastodon: oh look a beekeeper in the Netherlands
Bluesky: I follow 10% of my old friends who were able to get out of twitter in time and sometimes it works
Threads: I follow my friends but I can’t see them through the algorithm of businesses
Mastodon: oh look a beekeeper in the Netherlands
Elmo keeps saying Twitter was on the verge of bankruptcy when he came in.
Then why the hell did you pay $44b for it, poindexter?!
Matthew SheffieldIn a poll last year from YouGov, 27% of American adults believed in astrology, including 37% of adults under 30.
Atheists (10%) are the least likely to believe in it, Catholics (31%) most likely https://today.yougov.com/topics/entertainment/articles-reports/2022/04/26/one-four-americans-say-they-believe-astrology
One in four Americans say they believe in astrology | YouGov
YouGov’s latest poll finds that a little more than one-quarter of Americans (27%) – including 37% of adults under 30 – say that they believe in astrology, or that the position of the stars and planets influences people’s lives. About half of Americans (51%) say they don't believe in astrology and 22% are unsure.